This semester I am working two jobs, taking six classes and heavily involved in three student organizations. In short, my life is nuts. I have very little to no free time to do my homework, have a social life, workout (which I love to do) and occasionally sleep. For the last few weeks, I have been battling burnout. I was so overloaded that it got to the point that I laid down on my living room floor so stressed that I could accomplish nothing.

I heavily identify with Katherine Heigl in 27 Dresses because I am almost physically incapable of saying no to people. If they are persistent enough or give the puppy dog eyes there is a 99.9 percent chance that I will say yes.

In college, we are taught to take advantage of every great opportunity that comes our way. We are told to pad our resume, make valuable connections, and also have the time of our lives because college only happens once.

Recently, I have come to the realization that there is only so much space on one 8.5-by-11-inches of paper. I do not want my life to revolve around my career. Yes, I do want to be successful, but I do not want that success to come at the cost of who I am, and the relationships that I have developed with my friends.

At some point, I needed to draw the line between saying yes because it was a great idea, and saying yes because it is something that I want to invest my time into. That point came last week. For the first time, I had to back out of a commitment because I was spread too thin. I do not recommend letting your life spiral out of control to that place because it can damage your credibility.

One of my professors once told me the number one rule in life is to "Do what you say you will do." Before taking on a commitment think about if you will one be able to complete it to the best of your ability.

There are only 24 hours in the day, and those 24 hours can't be spent exclusively living for your commitments or your friends or your classes. I do not care how much of an extrovert you are everyone needs time to take care of themselves, from having time to workout to cook a decent dinner or have a deep conversation with a friend about how life is going.

Now I am still working on balance, but I am striving to learn how to put my friendships first, and my insane schedule second. It is a process I have commitments that I cannot leave behind, nor do I want to. All I can do today is learn to say no to opportunities that I don't have time for and schedule in some time for me.

Success is not only about your resume or your grades, but it is also about taking care of yourself. You can't always run at 10 million miles an hour, balancing six spinning plates because at some point the plates are going to begin to fall. Don't be afraid to say no every once in awhile because saying yes unconditionally to everything can leave you burned out.